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Sponsor seeks full property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans and spouses in first hearing
Summary
Senate Bill 92 would expand the current partial homestead exemption to fully exempt 100% service-connected disabled veterans from county and state property taxes. Sponsor provided testimony and cited an estimated fiscal impact from an earlier analysis; the committee held a first hearing with no vote recorded.
A sponsor provided testimony on Senate Bill 92, which would replace the current partial disabled-veteran homestead exemption with an exemption equal to the full property tax liability for 100% service-connected disabled veterans and their spouses.
In committee testimony the sponsor said the bill would mean "no 100% service-connected disabled veteran would owe any property taxes to the county or to the state." The sponsor described the measure as a reintroduction of prior bills and said similar statutory provisions exist in other states.
The sponsor noted a currently available special exemption of $52,300 for certain totally disabled veterans and for surviving spouses, and said the new measure would expand that to cover the entire tax obligation for qualifying owners. The sponsor related an event with the Buckeye Disabled American Veterans organization and said the bill aims to protect spouses who served as long-term caregivers.
When asked about how many people would be affected, the sponsor said a previous analysis estimated a state fiscal cost of about $14.5 million when the proposal was considered previously; the sponsor said he would ask the Legislative Service Commission for updated numbers and provide them to the chair.
The committee did not vote on SB 92; the item was heard as a first hearing.
